Thursday, February 3, 2011
Puzzle by Matt Ginsberg, edited by Will Shortz
IF A CLUE / IS MISSING USE THE / NEXT ONE (23A., 38A., 49A. Advice for solving this puzzle) clues in the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword:
RAKES and MOWS (1A., 6A. Does yard work)
ICEE and POOL (15A., 16A. Summer cooler)
BORNE and LATE (17A., 18A. Held up)
EDIT and INDENT (41A., 42A., Set right)
SCOOT and TEAR (53A., 56A. Go quickly)
IDEA and WANT (59A., 62A. Fancy)
SEND and SLAY (65A., 66A. Dispatch)
APERTURE and A-ONE (10D., 11D. Crack)
STATUS and NASTY (47D., 49D. Rank)
Other — BURNSIAN (21D. Like the poem “Tam o’ Shanter”), EUNUCH (4D. Harem guard, typically), FLAUNTER (26D. Exhibitionist), 35A. Business TV newsman Ron INSANA; IT’S SO SAD (39D. “A pity”), POLLUTES (28A. Fouls), RAT’S TAIL (44A. 1980s hairstyle with a long strand in the back), SINISTRAL (36D. Left-handed), WET SPONGE (8D. Dish-washing aid).
Five-letter — ADOLF (2D. First name in W.W. II infamy), ADOUT (14A. Deuce follower), ARETE (22A. Excellence as a virtue, to ancient Greeks), ATE IT (61A. Failed spectacularly), CURSE (64A. #@&%!, e.g.), ENTER and ESTER, KOREA, Minnesota lake MILLE Lacs, NOISE, OVERT, P AND L (28D. C.F.O.‘s concern), RABBI.
Short stuff — AARE, ACE, AVON, BLEU, BLTS, CODE, ECHO, ELSE, EMIT, ENOS, ETNA, HER, LATE, LEIS, O’CAT, OWEN, OWS, PFFT, ROCK, ROOT, SKEW, SOW, SRIS, SUNS, STE, STYX, TIER, TOTS, TUE and TUT, TYS, USDA.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 10. Longest river entirely in Switzerland; 19. Slaughter who dashed home to win the 1946 World Series; 20. Kind of cheese; 21. Food orders sometimes prepared in toaster ovens; 25. Kaput; 27. “Just Say I Love ___” (hit of 1950); 32. There is a “super” one every four yrs.; 37. Roll’s partner; 43. Broadcast; 46. Baseball’s Cobb and others; 48. Goes for the bronze?; 58. Earl of ___ (Sir Anthony Eden); 67. Perfume ingredient. — DOWN: 1. Official traditionally seen in a black hat; 3. Service site for some veterans; 5. Marie or Jeanne: Abbr.; 7. One ___ (baseball variant); 9. Call … or call on; 12. Source; 13. In addition; 22. Org. for Joe Namath; 24. Hawaiian handouts; 29. Bambini; 30. Return to sender?; 31. Twist; 32. Cake part; 33. “Choice” agcy.; 34. Discharge; 40. Frightful river to cross; 45. King who gained international prominence in 1922; 50. Unmistakable; 51. Static; 52. Break in, say; 53. Eastern holy men’s titles; 54. Do programming work; 55. Wilson of “Shanghai Noon”; 57. Volcano whose eruption was described by Virgil; 60. Band-Aid removal comments; 61. Von Richthofen, for one.
